Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140917
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 599 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2963) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 38.1 37% 42.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18487 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26719411693	90.3% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 395 Mixed 409 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 25.9 140% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 75.8 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 25 43% 82 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (10) Unknown 0 200 9066507539 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 611 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 182 Mixed 164 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.25 119% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 37 Mixed 36.5 48% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 6.89 Mixed 8.89 14% 14 MB/s	4K Read 3.38 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 52%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $167Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16